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IBM Open Enterprise SDK for Node.js

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Enable zIIP Usage for Node.js

IBM is porting more and more new workload to the z/OS Plattform. Some of them (e.g. Db2ZAI, Zowe) requires the use of Node.js. Currently, Node.js is not eligable to run on zIIP. With this, the MSUs would account to the normal software costs (TFP, ...
9 months ago in IBM Open Enterprise SDK for Node.js 1 Future consideration

Need HW crypto card encryption support from node.js

While working with State Farm, their z15 systems are all come with HW crypto card enabled. They require the encryption to go through and use HW crypto card when deploying to production system. Our product WMLz (Watson Machine Learning for z/OS) is...
almost 4 years ago in IBM Open Enterprise SDK for Node.js 4 Future consideration

Profiling support option for Node.js

Node.js instrumentation/profiling requirement: Please enable --perf-basic-prof or equivalent option on z/os for Node.js v16+ for generation of the map pertaining to JS code. (The map file is required by the performance team for zConvert and instru...
over 1 year ago in IBM Open Enterprise SDK for Node.js 0 Not under consideration

Add --prof support in node on z/OS

Please add full --prof support to enable application profiling. Zowe applications need a way to estimate and track resource consumption and perform optimization.
over 4 years ago in IBM Open Enterprise SDK for Node.js 3 Planned for future release

Support VSAM RLS access in node.js

VSAM files read/write are performed in CICS and batch applications in MVS. For node.js to access the data concurrently, VSAM RLS is required.
over 5 years ago in IBM Open Enterprise SDK for Node.js 1 Future consideration

node-sass package support on z/OS with node.js for z/OS v12

node-sass package is required for Carbon X upgrade on z/OS. Our product (Watson Machine Learning for z/OS) has a requirement to meet by 2020 to upgrade to Carbon X for every product in the organization under our GM. Currently npm install failed wi...
over 4 years ago in IBM Open Enterprise SDK for Node.js 2 Not under consideration